Avoid line breaks in bootstrap button group - html

Question

I've a bootstrap button group which includes a text between the buttons:
#import url('http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/css/bootstrap.css');
#import url('https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css');
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<div class="btn-group">
<div class="btn btn-primary">
<i class="fa fa-chevron-left"></i>
</div>
<div>2016</div>
<div class="btn btn-primary">
<i class="fa fa-chevron-right"></i>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
How to avoid the line breaks, such that the buttons and the text are aligned in one line?

Answer 1

You need to display them in-line like:
#import url('http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/css/bootstrap.css');
#import url('https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css');
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<div class="btn-group">
<div class="btn btn-primary" style="display: inline-block;">
<i class="fa fa-chevron-left"></i>
</div>
<div style="display: inline-block;">2016</div>
<div class="btn btn-primary" style="display: inline-block;">
<i class="fa fa-chevron-right"></i>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
Edit: Alternatively, as Turnip proposed in his answer, you can change the elements from divs to to another kind of element that is naturally displayed in-line. Either way, you will reach the same result.

Answer 2

divs are block elements. Change your buttons to <a>s and the text div to a <span> or any other inline/inline-block element.
#import url('http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/css/bootstrap.css');
#import url('https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.min.css');
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-12">
<div class="btn-group">
<a class="btn btn-primary">
<i class="fa fa-chevron-left"></i>
</a>
<span>2016</span>
<a class="btn btn-primary">
<i class="fa fa-chevron-right"></i>
</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>